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Satire's ability to insinuate its message
With society so polarized over the major issues that face it, rational debate seems to have been abandoned. Both sides are deaf to the other and, having no confidence that their views will be heard, let alone accepted, they have mostly given up on civilized conversation. The great advantage of satire is that it can slyly make a point while presenting an outward appearance of irreverence and humor. The downside of satire today is that the reality of much that is believed and promoted on social media and in academia is self-satirizing and is difficult to improve upon if the author's intent is to expose its absurdity. Ross Clark has successfully avoided any authorial hectoring in this novel and allowed his characters to make their points -- the only intervention by the author is that of supplying a plot line that predicts where the characters' behavior can lead, thereby making his own point well. I read it in a day and immediately passed it on to a friend.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2021
With society so polarized over the major issues that face it, rational debate seems to have been abandoned. Both sides are deaf to the other and, having no confidence that their views will be heard, let alone accepted, they have mostly given up on civilized conversation. The great advantage of satire is that it can slyly make a point while presenting an outward appearance of irreverence and humor. The downside of satire today is that the reality of much that is believed and promoted on social media and in academia is self-satirizing and is difficult to improve upon if the author's intent is to expose its absurdity. Ross Clark has successfully avoided any authorial hectoring in this novel and allowed his characters to make their points -- the only intervention by the author is that of supplying a plot line that predicts where the characters' behavior can lead, thereby making his own point well. I read it in a day and immediately passed it on to a friend.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2022
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E. P. J. Foster
This is a brilliant dystopian novel. Read it now before real events overtake the story.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2021UKLurker
Slight but entertaining and bitter satire on the climate craziness
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2020Charles Lewis
A warning for our time
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 23, 2021A. C. Dickens
His heart's in the right place, but it's not funny enough
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2023
